Few Massachusetts Dentists Treat Newly Insured Patients
Just 17% of Massachusetts dentists have agreed to see patients who have recently acquired free or subsidized dental care under the state's new health insurance law. Dentists say that the state's reimbursement rate for adults covers only about 50% of their costs and that there are payment delays and burdensome paperwork.
- "Dental Benefits Widen, Waiting Lines Grow" (Lazar, Boston Globe, 8/7).